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Really? I loved premium. I thought it was a great deal. I get all the DLCs, for a cheaper price, then some extras to boot? That's more than a lot of games do. Plus, all the DLCs were well made and fun to play. I don't understand this feeling of being a second class citizen. I feel I got my moneys worth.

well I can understand being upset about no forewarning.
When we preordered the game the big bonus to doing so was the back to karkand expansion at no extra cost. Then they released premium, which as you say was good value, but not that good if you already had BTK. Essentially they made us pay for the expansion they gave us as a bonus for preordering.

Aside from that I agree with you. Premium was cheaper than buying piecemeal and the expansions have been excellent all in all. There were no 'bonus' weapons for premium users, so the only thin that was unfair was the priority queuing, but honestly I've never had issues finding good servers with open slots.

But back to the original point; if they had given the details of premium upfront, a lot of us never would have preordered because we were ripping ourselves off a bit by purchasing BTK twice essentially.
No doubt that's the exact reason they didn't mention it upfront, which is dishonest, if nothing else.

While I enjoyed half the DLC, everyone says premium was bullshit as it should have been in the game at release. But it's the new thing for big franchises, DLC.

The part I hate is DLC doesn't contain as much content as old school expansion pack. Really I mean premium is all the DLCs put one expansion pack. So in hind sight, it's worth it. But people try to differentiate what should have been apart of the core game and what qualifies as DLC

While I enjoyed half the DLC, everyone says premium was bullshit as it should have been in the game at release. But it's the new thing for big franchises, DLC.

What? Who says that? Most people who paid for premium seem to love it. Atleast thats what I gather from /r/battlefield3 and most players I've played with. I dont know why you feel all the DLC content should've been in the original game anyway . The DLCs added a whole lot more in the form of completely new maps, some classic maps, and new weapons and vehicles. Anyone who says Premium was a rip off is wrong.

What premium did do was fragment the community. It became harder for those who did not have premium to find a good lobby. On top of that some servers are Premium exclusive, and Premium members also get preference when you're waitlisted on a server. As a result the game experience degraded for those who did not own premium. If you didn't have premium, it was not as easy to find a game and start playing as it used to be when the game came out. This was pretty much the whole problem with premium, if you did not have premium you were pretty much a "second class citizen in a game you paid for".